Problems related to the deficit of five-gallon containers to store pulp, find solution in the mango processing industry, in Santiago de Cuba.
Dalgis Peña, head of the factory plant in Caney, Santiago, explained to ACN that after complications with raw materials, specifically the lack of tin, currently the providence is receiving a significant amount of these containers.
Currently pulp production is stabilized, resulting in the production of jam and nectar, Peña explained.
Peña added that the difficulties in the supply of packaging affected the production of that line, to which breaks past deficiencies in boilers and water pumps were present last month.
Sobeida Vinent, technologist of the industry, noted that such packaging is arrive from Havana, although still below demand, thanks to the company Empresa de Conservas y Vegetales of the eastern territory.
To date, they have reached 1,164 tons of pulp, a plan that exceeds 2,200, a figure that they are able to achieve, as stated by her.
At the mango harvest in Santiago de Cuba, whose implementation is estimated to 77%, the varieties like sponge cake, mamey, hilacha and heart are collected.
Hernán Almenares, head of Frutales in the territory, said they have collected 8,400 tons, most processed industrially.
Destined for export, 400 tons have been delivered on line, for the preparation of slices in syrup, he said.
However, in areas of El Caney, like El Rodeo is very common to see large numbers of fruit on the ground, about to spoil, mainly due to shortage of boxes, due to the slow return of the industry or the poor condition of some.
Rene Diaz, a farm worker of the Dolorita farm did not hide his dissatisfaction with this situation: although he has his own boxes, it is not enough to sustain the entire harvest.
In the final months of the campaign, it is necessary to specify actions with the producers, in order to collect more mango volumes and avoid economic losses. (By Manuel Asseff Blanco / AIN)